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comnavguy
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Sep 23, 2010, 1:22 PM
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01 Saturn from H*ll FIX
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Siddon Bubba, you ainn gonna belieee this BS. (In other parts of the country they say, "once upon a time")
Practically everything on the secondary air system was replaced on this vehicle. We had code 0410 and two flags that were "Not Ready" - secondary air and Evap., and they would not "get ready" no matter what we did. New gas cap. New O2 sensor. Ended up spending about $600 with no good result. We were going nutz.
By accident, almost, we had the secondary air pipe disconnected from the exhaust manifold and started the engine.
EUREKA! No exhaust coming out of the small hole. How can that be???
Carbon clogged. The two vias inside the exhaust manifold were solid carbon. No air was going to get in nor out.
We removed he manifold, cleaned out the carbon, and one drive cycle and all flags cleared and the vehicle passed inspection. If I had not seen it, I would not have believed it. We found 7 other work orders on this problem, just before the previous owner traded it in.
Guys, thanks for all the replies trying to help us with this nightmare. This is one for the books.
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Hammer Time
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Sep 23, 2010, 2:27 PM
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Re: 01 Saturn from H*ll FIX
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Wow, congratulations......
Glad you finally got to the bottom of it.
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